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The fungus that has killed over 100 people in Kitui, Machakos and Makueni districts might be just the tip of the iceberg as far as aflatoxin contamination is concerned.
Even those who buy only from exclusive supermarkets are not spared, according to research findings by Dr George Siboe, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Botany, University of Nairobi .
Dr Siboe has isolated aflatoxins, among other mycotoxins, from popular brands of maize flour currently in the Kenyan market.
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Experts and Officials From 40 Countries Meet in Malaysia to Develop Integrated Approaches to Safe Food Production and Distribution.
Food-borne diseases pose a serious threat to densely populated areas of Asia and the Pacific, two UN
agencies said today. “So far, food contamination incidents and food-borne disease outbreaks in the region have been relatively isolated, but the potential danger is just round the corner. Already an estimated one in three people worldwide suffer annually from a...
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Dear Users, This is an interesting forum from our Spanish community, generated by Marco Castro Calderón from Costa Rica: Dear friends, Which would be the allowed moisture content in yellow corn? Which is its effect on increasing Aflatoxins? What are the critical values which are high in aflatoxin content? And what are acceptable levels of aflatoxin for food animal production in general?? Marco ...
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